Heart of Midlothian 3rd. Beroe Stara Zagora 3rd. The teams are ranked according to points 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings regulations Article Advance to knockout phase.

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their UEFA club coefficients , [43] [44] [45] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties.

Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The draws for the first and second qualifying round were held on 20 June The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August , at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their UEFA club coefficients. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.

The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32 , where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams of the —17 UEFA Champions League group stage.

A total of 21 national associations are represented in the group stage. In the knockout phase , teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:. The draw for the round of 32 was held on 12 December The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March The draw for the semi-finals was held on 21 April The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.

The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one.

The shortlist of the top three players were announced on 4 August From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Zira and Inter Baku would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the runners-up and fourth-placed team of the —16 Azerbaijan Premier League respectively, but Zira failed to obtain a UEFA licence as the club has existed professionally for fewer than three seasons, [22] [23] and Inter Baku were excluded from participating in the —17 European competitions by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body.

Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as the fifth-placed team of the —16 Superleague Greece , but were excluded from participating in the —17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons.

Galatasaray appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport , [39] but it was rejected. Astana not on map.